Eaves-trough hanger



(No Model.)

W. E. BROWN.

EAVES TROUGH HANGER.

No. 251,172. Patented Dec. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. BROWN, OF IRVING, KANSAS.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,172, dated December20, 1881.

Application filed September 7, 1381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BROWN, of Irving, in the county ofMarshall and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Gutter-Hangers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of my improved gutter-hanger asapplied to buildings the fascia: of which make different angles with theroof.

My invention relates to improvements in gutter-hangers; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, (t represents the roof of a building towhich my improved gutter-hanger is applied, and b and 0 representfascize forming different angles with the plane of the roof, thefascize 1) making an acute angle with the roof and the fascia: 0 beingat right angles thereto.

(1 represents my improved wire-rod gutterhanger, having one end secured,by a nail or otherwise, to the roof of a building over the fascize b c.The wire-rod hanger d thence passes outwardly and is bent into a loop,0, before reaching the head of the gutter g, and thence is bent aroundthe head of the gutter and around and under the lowerface of the gutter,and thence upwardly through the roof, to which it is secured.

h represents a screw-hook, the outer end of which is provided with aloop, i, which passes through the loop 0 in the hanger The screw hook orbrace h passes from the loop 0 in the hanger across the upper edges ofthe gutter, and is bent around the hanger (1 above the inner edge of thegutter, so as to form a loop,j. The screw-hook h is screw-threaded atits inner end, m, the latter being screwed through the fascize b 0, soas to act as a brace for the hanger. A second hanger, d is arrangedparallel to the first, and at a suitable distance from it, for thesupport of the gutter. The hanger d is secured to the upper face of theroof, and thence passes around and under the gutter and through theroof, to which it is secured in the same manner as the hanger d; but inlieu of a screw-hook, h, as a brace I may No model.)

employ as a brace for the hanger a flat metallic strap, k, bent angularly at its lower end and secured to the fasciae b, and provided withholes through which the hanger passes, the hanger (1 being bent upwardlyat the point where it passes through the hole in the upper end of thestrap-k.

A series of hangers, d dor d d, with screwhooks h or metallic strap k,may be employed to support the gutter, and the hangers are of differentlengths, so as to give a fall to the gutter to carry off the water.

In the constructions above described it will be observed that the book iof the brace it passes through the loop 0 of the hanger, and that thebrace is again bent around the hanger on its opposite side, so as toformthe loop j, and that in the modification in which the strap is employed.as a brace the hanger passes through holes in the ends of the strap 70.By this construction all lateral motion of the gutter from wind or othercauses is prevented, and the gutter held securely in place.

In the case above described, in which the fascia: 1) makes an acuteangle with the roof, I have represented the loopj in the screw-hook h,through which the hanger d passes, as just above the inner edge of thegutter and at the intersection of the screw-hook h and the t'asciae b.

If it is desired to throw the inner edge of the gutterfartherfrornthefascize, as in the case represented in the drawings, in which thefasciae c is at right angles to the roof, the loopj in the screw-hook his made farther out from the intersection of the screw-hook or bracewith the fasciae 0, so as to throw the inner end ofthe gutter fartherfrom the fasciae.

I claim as my invention The combination, with a wire-rod gutterhangersecured at one end to the roof of a building, and passing thence overand around and under a gutter, and having its opposite end secured tothe roof, of a brace attached to the fasciae at its inner end andsecured to the opposite sides of the hanger above the gutter, so as toprevent lateral movementof the latter, substantially as described.

JOHN L. MAGARTNEY, CHARLES G. PARKER.

